Rabat Zoo
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'''Rabat Zoo''' ({{langx|ar|حَدِيْقَة ٱلْحَيْوَانَات بِٱلرِّبَاط|Ḥadīqat al-Ḥaywānāt bir-Ribāṭ}} ("Zoological Garden in Rabat"), {{Lang|ar|ٱلْحَدِيْقَة ٱلْوَطَنِيَّة لِلْحَيْوَانَات بِٱلرِّبَاط}} ("The National Park for Animals in Rabat"); {{langx|fr|Jardin Zoologique de Rabat}}), formerly known as "[[Temara]] Zoo", is a [[zoological park]] near [[Rabat]] in [[Morocco]] that was established in 1973. The first enclosures were built to house [[lion]]s that were previously kept in the royal palace. These lions, believed to be descendants of the now-extinct [[Barbary lion]], form the ancestral line of the zoo’s current lion population.{{cite journal |author=Yamaguchi, N.|last2=Haddane, B.|year=2002 |title=The North African Barbary Lion and the Atlas Lion Project |journal=International Zoo News |volume=49 |issue=8 |pages=465–481 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266755974}}{{cite book |author1=Nowell, K. |author2=Jackson, P. |year=1996 |title=Wild Cats: status survey and conservation action plan |publisher=IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group, Gland, Switzerland |chapter=Wild Cats of Africa |pages=Plate I |chapter-url=http://carnivoractionplans1.free.fr/wildcats.pdf}} |
'''Rabat Zoo''' ({{langx|ar|حَدِيْقَة ٱلْحَيْوَانَات بِٱلرِّبَاط|Ḥadīqat al-Ḥaywānāt bir-Ribāṭ}} ("Zoological Garden in Rabat"), {{Lang|ar|ٱلْحَدِيْقَة ٱلْوَطَنِيَّة لِلْحَيْوَانَات بِٱلرِّبَاط}} ("The National Park for Animals in Rabat"); {{langx|fr|Jardin Zoologique de Rabat}}), formerly known as "[[Temara]] Zoo", is a [[zoological park]] near [[Rabat]] in [[Morocco]] that was established in 1973. The first enclosures were built to house [[lion]]s that were previously kept in the royal palace. These lions, believed to be descendants of the now-extinct [[Barbary lion]], form the ancestral line of the zoo’s current lion population.{{cite journal |author=Yamaguchi, N.|last2=Haddane, B.|year=2002 |title=The North African Barbary Lion and the Atlas Lion Project |journal=International Zoo News |volume=49 |issue=8 |pages=465–481 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266755974}}{{cite book |author1=Nowell, K. |author2=Jackson, P. |year=1996 |title=Wild Cats: status survey and conservation action plan |publisher=IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group, Gland, Switzerland |chapter=Wild Cats of Africa |pages=Plate I |chapter-url=http://carnivoractionplans1.free.fr/wildcats.pdf}} |
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The Rabat Zoo focuses on a diverse range of African wild species, and more specifically, Moroccan animals with symbolic species such as the Atlas lion, desert gazelles, and the [[bald ibis]], which have their last wild settlements in Morocco. The enclosures for these animal species were built in a manner similar to their natural habitats, with the goal of recreating the original living conditions and providing these animals with a natural expressive environment that aligns with their behaviors in the wild, avoiding the creation of artificial external ecosystems. |
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== Conservation == |
== Conservation == |
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